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Business Development and Marketing Insights

Searching for practical advice to help you with your Business Development and Marketing efforts? You’ll find it here. It’s all covered in articles from The BD Ladder team and other featured guest experts. All of our blogs and articles are focused on giving you practical advice. Welcome to our Business Development and Marketing Insights page.

Many people have a good understanding of what Marketing is. However, they are less sure about what Business Development is. Business Development is often defined as the strategies that create long-term value. This value comes from your clients. Therefore, the articles below are aimed at growing your business.

We hope you enjoy our latest thinking. And we’re confident our articles will help make you think.  All of the Insights below are regularly updated.

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The BD Ladder’s Insights are aimed at helping you and your business climb the ladder of success.

it's natural for your BD fears to inhibit your BD activity, heres 6 powerful steps to help you overcome them
Achieving success as a professional services consultant requires cultivating relationships with clients and colleagues. For many accountants, lawyers, engineers, etc. ...
In tough times, what type of firm are you
What type of firm are you? In professional services, it is not uncommon to see year-on-year growth. Certain sectors have ...
9 Efficient and low-cost marketing and BD tactics for professional services
The economy may not be plummeting, but it is certainly slowing down. The continual growth cycles we previously enjoyed have ...
Winning and Retaining Clients Lifecycle in Professional Services
Many professional services firms, even the highly successful ones, are unclear or have little visibility over their winning and retaining ...
Embracing innovation: enhancing the client experience in law firms
Effective response, communication, and personal engagement are fundamental components of any exceptional client service experience. In the legal sector, however, ...
Unlocking your inner rainmaker. 9 habits to master
Most professional services firms tend to have one or two people whom others look to with amazement and respect as ...
7 Essentials to Creating a BD Culture in Professional Services
If you want to create a strong business development (BD) culture in professional services, it is essential to follow these ...
The difference between business development and marketing in professional services
Many professional services have business development (BD) and marketing teams…Yet, within those teams, many practitioners are unsure of their difference. ...
BD in the Party Season
For most people within professional services, November and December are the times to focus on finishing their client work, and ...
4 Powerful daily BD habits, delivered in 18 minutes, for Professional Services practitioners
That’s BD taken care of in only in only 3 billable increments! Most practitioners in professional services know that they ...